Pentominous by John Bulten
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Theme: Five Chapters
Author/Opus: This is the 50th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster John Bulten.
Rules: Standard Pentominous rules.
Answer String: Enter the letter associated with the pentomino occupying each cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the groups with a comma. Use CAPITAL LETTERS!
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 5:30, Master = 9:15, Expert = 18:30
Solution: PDF
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Five Chapters… of anything in particular?
I didn’t have anything particular in mind during composition, but Isaiah works very well for this ascending sequence!
Got really stuck on this… after figuring out the I’s and X’s, just couldn’t see where the next break in was. Just had to keep guessing until found what worked :-/